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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-08
FATAL PANIC IN A HORSE CAR.
a AEitehburg Driver Loses Control OF IIii


A Fitehburs Driver Loses Control of Ills
Team.
While horse car containing 90 passenger
was cnroute to a ball game on the fair
grounds at Fitchburg, on the Fourth, the
driver lost control of the horses. Some one
shouted Jump from the car" The passen-
gers at once became panic stricken. Some
jumped from the car, and some were pushed
off upon the rocks below Marion O'Brien,
aged about 80, died in few moments from
injuries thus received. Mary O'Hara struck
on her head and was rendered unconscious
Ellen McCarty had a collar bone and ankle
broken. Michael Cahill suffered an injury to
the thigh, and Bridget Dunn had her face
bruised All these were from West Fitch.
burg Robert Mainland of 81 Grove street
was pushed over the dasher and had his
shoulder and breast badly bruised, beside ro.
ceiving internal injuries Others were less
seriously hurt. The car did not leave the
track, and no one would have been injured
had all remained on board.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-08

This is Fourth Of July week, and
Hurrah! for our glorious country And
while the patriotic enthusiasm pervades
our readcis we must ask their jndnl-
gence. The rush and hurry incident
upon every loliday made it impo sibe
for us to present our usual news edition.
We hope our large array of reading mat
ter will atone. The Fourth comes but
lnce q year
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-08

A Mexican company is to work up the
cactus plant the oil OF which is suitable for
lubrIca ing purposes, the fibre for cordage,
the leaf for paper, and the fruit for eating.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-08

No man, soys R1skln, ever lived n right
life VINO had not been astened by wo.
mans love, sti ength ned by her courage and
guided by her discretion,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-07-08
SKETCH OF ESSEX CO., VT.
By e. G. BENTON,
NaTiveof uiIdha1l.

Covering period of over l22 years
of most interesting nature, and about
a wonderfully smart and daring people.
The book is not confined to the town
of Guildhall alone, but includes as
well all the towns at one time known
AS Upper Coos"
All about the first settlement made
&n Coos or Essex counties. First mills
erected in the above named counties.
"The Old Essex Bank" New ideas
regarding the famous Rogers expedi-
ton. Journal kept by the first man
who ever explored this section; his
party first striking Indians at Guild
hall or Northumberland, &C., sc,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-03-31
A RELIABLE FAMILY NEWSPA-
PER.

As we have said before, somewhere,
the enterprising editor who endeavors
to run a s'household department" with
ont the aid of female writer's, will come
to grief sooner or later. One day last
week the proprietor of The Czouerddle
Cleanup was startled by whole lorna
do of raps at his sanctnm door, on the
other side of which be presently beheld
a small mob of matrons of the vicinity,
each of whom bore an expression of iu-
dignant determination on her face, AMI
dish or pan under her arm.
care you the-the-party that said II
last weeks paper that salad dressing
could be improved by an ounce of cay
enne and some powdered boraxf" said
one.
"I-I-suppose so, admitted the ed
itor.
"Oh, you are eh?" said the woman,
displaying sticky, green compound
"Well perhaps you'd like to finish this
lot. I've got four Children at home at
the point of death from it now"
"And are you the miserable liar that
said the only way to clean sealskin was
to boil it III MILK" screamed another,
holding up what appeared TO be drown
ed puppy. "Look at that.
Internationally" mnmbled the
poor, wretched journalist. ''the printer
must have mixed 1t up with the broken
china item"
''And didn't you publish a recipe say
ing that few piuches of copperas gave
rich, dark color to the sponge cake.
Ny husband has been throwing up
steadily since day before yesterday
morning!" exhibiting what appeared to
be chunk of stove coal. Eyes" put in
an irate dame, holding up tattered has
que; and you said that vitriol would take
lux stains out of velvet, you disgusting
old piratel"
IL think it must have been my
assistant, Clipem, stammered the editor
81 don't think J wrote anything for that
issue except a leader on our Accused
Monopolies. ;"
CHATS too thin!' shrieked another
devastated female, putting up greeu
veil and displaying parboiled counte-
nance. DID you not advise me down
at the market yesterday TO cut ont your
oriental recipe for taking ont freckles?
1t took EN- out aud the skin with 'em;
ana Tut uoctol says ITO TWO ~ Que never
see out Of that eye again. There!
You're welcome to what's left"
And the half scaiped victim broke
bottle on his nose, while the rest ham
mered him over the head with assorted
slabs of indigestion, butt according TO
C2ea1sup's specifications, rammed IN
risen dough into his mouth, and poured
coal TAR, arsenic, ana sulphur remedy for
chicken pip down his back
When they were gone. the monlder of
public opinion picked himself up, hunt
stereotype ''Honsehod Hints" iuro forty
THOUSAND pieces, kicked the devil down
stnirs, and went ont to trade special
notice on the first page for some court
plaster.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-03-31

PECULIAR MARINE PARASITES. We
caught number of sharks, and with
them some of their peculiar parasites.
remor@, small fish resem bling catfish.
which, By sucker on top of their heads.
attach themselves to the sharks under
their fins SO firmly it is difficult to pull
them off. Ia some places larger remora
is used for catching turtles. The fisher
men carry them out in boats with a line
made fast to a ring neatly fitted around
the tail. When they approach turtle
they throw the remora toward it, which
quickly swims to it and attaches itself to
it SO firmly that the turtle is drawn to
the boat By it. One evening we seemed
to run into a sea of fire. On all sides the
surface of the water WAS illumined with
a greenish blue phosphorescent light.
Buckets were thrown over the side to
ascertain the cause, and when drawn up
found to contain a number of objects re
sembhng corncObs III SIZE, form and
rouChDess of exterior, but of hard.
transparent, gelatinous substance. Pyro-
some is the technical name for them,
though very appropriately, as I Thought,
our men called them sea pickles. An
opening at one end and extending nearly
the whole length corresponds with the
pith of a corncoo. Although so solid,
each form consists of great number of
distinct, living objects adhering firmly to
each other. The whole mass was lumi-
nous, of beautiful color and emitted as
much light as a candle. Some of the
men took them in their hands and had a
torch-light procession around the deck.
The effect was beautiful but weird
Brazil Cor. Baltimore Sun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-03-31
HOW DETECTIVES OBTAIN POINT
Frs,

The story of an Indian who found q
white man lying dead IN the woods with
a bullet hole in his forehead, is one of
the best illustrations of the habit of
observation which a detective must
cultivate. The Indian came into the
white settlement and told the settlers
his story: Find um white man dead in
woods. Got hole in his head. Little
white man shoot nm Wild long gun; ram
rod three inches longer than muzzel of
gun. Got on gray WOODEN coat. Had
little dog with short tail. Had waited
long time for dead man to come along. !"
How do you know all thisi Did yop
see itl" was naturally demanded of the
Indian. "Oh, yes! me saw; now show
you" The settlers visited the scene OF
the murder, and the Indian showed them
the spot where the murderer had waited
for his victim He had set his gun against
the tree. 1t was long one, because
the bark was slightly grazed high up,
and about three inches above the mark
left by the muzzie there was a slight
mark made by the ramrod, showing that
1t projected three inches. The man wore
gray wooden coat, because where he
leaned against the tree llttle particles Of
gray thread had been caught by the
bark. There was the place where the
little dog sat on his haunches-his stump
tail left "a mark in the yielding soil. The
murderer was short, because when he re-
loaded the gun he set the butt good
way from his feet The trail he left
coming and going showed he was white,
because he turned his toes out. Indians
never did. The trail also showed that
the one coming to the tree was older
than the one going away from thence
the murderer had waited.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-03-31
THE CREDIT MOBILIER.

Under various acls Of congress grant
ing ala 10 the UuIon Pacific railroad that
corporation WAS to receive Il, $40 acres,
to the mile, or about Il, 900, 900 acres III
all, aud government 8 per crut bonds to
tie amount OF $l2, 900 per mlte for one
portion Of The road, S32 900 per nile for
another. Ia addition 10 these suDsIdle5
the company was authorized TO issue It's
| own first mortgage bonds to an amount
equal TO the government bonds auo to
organize With d capital stock not 10 eX-
ceeu 500, 900, 900. All OF this constItut
Ell magnificent fund, and 1t soon be
came evident that the road could be
built for at least $4,000, 600 less than
the recourceS thus furnished. The di-
rectors therefore set themselves to WORK
to conccct a scheme whereby they coulG
divide the surplus among themselves.
To consnmmate THIS fraud without excIt
ing pGbhc attention and 10 cover ali
traces OF the transaction was not an easy
matter, but the directors employed al
attorney skilled Ill the intricaces of rail
road law, aud with his AID the machinerv
with which 20 carry out this fraud was
finally arranged. In order to avoid per
sonal liability and gave to the under.
taking the appearance of legality, the
directors purchased the charter of the
Pennsylvania Fiscal Agency, and chang
ed the name to the Credit Mobilier of
America. AT that time, 1864, s., 900, 600
worth of stock had been subscribed to
the railroad company end $2l8, 900 paid
IN. After arranging the preIimlnaries
the directors, through certain middle
men. awarded the contract for building
the read TO the Credit MoMlier, or, III
other words, to themselves, for from
$40, 000 to $50, 600 per mile more than ii
was worth, making clear profit of over
S23, coo, in addition 20 gobblug the
stock Of the road at 80 cents on the dol
lar, when the Law provided that il should
not be issued at less than par. Oakes
Ames distributed some of the Credit
MobiIier shares among members of con
gress in order to obtain necei sary legisla
ton, and this led to scandals that wreck
ed a number of ambitious statesmen.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-03-31

He KNEW IECUMsEH "A half breed
named n ,cAolaa CuattelaIn has Just been
found at Dog Head, Lake Winnipeg,
VINO was a contemporary of Tecumseh,
the great Indian chief, famous II con
nection with the war Of 1872. Cnattelain
s now 80 years Of age, but stlil erect and
active In his movements. In his youth
he must have been magnificent man
physically, standing Six feet three IN bis
stockings, and gifted with great strength
and endurance. He belonged originally
70 SAUL Ste. Marie, but being in the
vicinity Of Detroit wien the war of 1912
broke ont, he joined the British army
and served under Brock at the stormipg
Of Detroit. He then allied himself with
Tecumgeh, and followed that chiefs
varying fortunes in his war with Harrison,
until his defeat aud death at Thamesville.
At the close of the war, Chattelaiu re-
turned to the upper lakes, where he
pursued the vocation of boatman and
hunter in the service of the Hudson Bay
company. He acted as interpreter when
the treaties we're made with the Lake Of
the Woods Indians. He lived for many
years at Fort Francis. For his services
in the field and council he was given a
pension by the dominion government of
$3.50 year. He has number of sons
IN the employ of the Hudson Bay com
pauy, and is living with one of them ct
Dog Head. He is very much respected
by the Indians and half breeds on ac-
count of bis great age and character.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-03-31

TALKING. ABOUT CARPETS. I'VE have
in stock no less than a thousand patterns
OF carpets" said the manager of big
carpet store on Wabash avenue, "and
our present stock comprises 5000 rolls
Not one of these patterns is more than
year old. The activity of the carpet de
signers and manufacturers is sometimes
marvellous. Perhaps as many as 1900
or 1000 new patterns are produced III a
year IN this country alone. There are
carpet designers in this country who
draw salaries as high as $4,000 a year.
The most expensive carpets in our stock
are 81 so yard, but we often make car
pets to order, or have them made in
Scotland of best Administer, that cost as
much as S24 a square yard, laid. 1t is
quite the fashion among the wealthy
people in Chicago to have the carpets for
their libraries and parlors made to order
from designs furnished by their decora-
tors. I have often seen 81, 200 or 81 500
worth of carpet put into one room of or
binary size. "-Chicago Herald.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-03-31
ENJOY LIFE.

What truly beautiful world we live
lnl Nature gives us grandeur of mount
aims, glens and oceans, and thousands OF
means of enjoyment. We can desire nc
better when in perfect health; but ho,
often do the majority of people feel like
giving it up dlsheartened, Discourage
and worn out with disease. when there Is
no occasion for this feeling, as every
sufferer can easily obtain satisfactory
proof, thar Green's August Flo,Uer vii
make them free from disease, as when
born. Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint
are the direct canses of seventy five per
cent Of such m8adies as Biliousness.
Indigestion, Sick Headache, Costiveness,
Nervous Prostitution, Dizziness of the
Head, Palpitation of the Heart, aud
other distress NC symptoms Thret.
doses of august FyooCer will prove It's
wonderful effect. Sample bottles, IL
cents. Try it. nov11
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-03-31
STOVES IN GERMANY.

German stoves, by the way, are of a
large, cumbrous size, resemble furnace
in shape, but are anything else in reality.
One can never catch a glimpse of fame,
and from their nature, if heated in the
morning, begin drawing in the afternoon.
Their merit lies in the fact that they pre-
serve room a. uniform temperature,
without allowing it to become hot. The
favorite attitude is to lean up against
them, TO ascertain whether it is heated
or not, as there is no possible danger of
scorching. The white color of the por-
celain is in striking contrast to the dark
iron cast of ours, and, looking some
thing like an old fashioned cupboard, a
stranger would never recognize stove
IN one until the fact is mentioned. In
parts of the empire the American stove
is being rapidly introduced.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-03-31

WHERE DO WHALES NINTER.--Jus
where ali the arctic whales winter has
long been mooted question. They are
found all along the coast OF California
during some OF the winter months. But
taejr breeding grounds there are the low
er attitudes, as at Magdalena bay aud III
the shallow bays OF the lower Mexican
coast. 1t Is probable that some go down
as far as the Central American coast
All the right whales seen along the coast
do not enter the Arctic, although it would
seem that the greater number do. Many
are found III the summer season III the
Okhotsk sea and along the coast OF
siberia. TIE right whale seeks out his
summer feeding grounds III high lati-
tudes and seeks out breeding grounds IL
low attitudes This annual migration
and return is counted on with the great
est certainty. As many whales come out
of the Attic in autumn as enter IN the
spring. These facts govern the opera
tons of the whaling feet Hence, after
the Aric whaling season is over many
ships discharge and reft at once and go
down the coast preparatory to q later
cruise IL high ATTITUDES. At several
points along the coast in this state there
are shore stations where considerable
number Of whales are caught aa they 90
ap ana duwl the coast.-.Stt11 Francisco
Bulletin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-03-31
LOGAN'S ANCESTRY.
HOW THE LATE SENATOR ACQUIRED HIS
MARKED TRACES OF INDIAN DESCENT.

HOW THE LATE SENATOR ACQUIRED HIS
MARKED TRACES OF INDIAN DESCENT.
[Chicago Tribune.
The story of the Logan ancestry and
of how General Logan inherited or &C
quired his appearance of having Indian
blood in his veins has never been pub
lished, never correctly, at least, and is
quite interesting. General Logan's
aunt, Mrs. Margaret Phelps, the sole
survivor of that generation, a bright and
wonderfully intelligent old lady, says
that her father and family emigrated
from County MonaghoD, Ireland, III IT
SO. Her father WIS then child of five.
Her grandfather, who was one OF the
Scotch Presbyterian settlers of Ulster,
lived to be one hundred and eighteen.
The family first settled in Maryland, and
then moved to Ohio. Her father was a
stock breeder, and her brother John,
General Logan's father often made jour
neys South to sell stock in New Orleans
and other cities. On one of these trips
he met the widow of Frenchman named
Laramie, one of whose sons. Fort Lara
ME is named after. The widow was
half Indian. half French-beautifuI, well
educated and wealthy. By this wife DIR.
Logan had one child, girl. Logan had
picked up some medical training at varl
Gus places, and, it is said, got a degree
durug one of his stays at Natchez, Miss
DR.. Iogan's wife died in 1920, and he
subsequently married Elizabeth Jenkins,
the sister of lieutenant Governor Jen-
kins. General Logan was the first child
by the second marriage. DR.. James
Robafts, of Carbonate, H., q warm
friend of General Logan and his father,
comes into the story at this point, for
DR.. Robarts is authority for this curious
tale: SIT is a physiological fact that the
first child by second marriage frequent
~ resembles the deceased wife or hus
band to an extraordinary degree. Cen
eral Logan's case is the most wonderful
illustration of this fact | ever heard Of.
The Generals father, DR.. Logan, was
rather dark, but not swarthy, while his
mother was blue eyed and fair haired.
Yet General Logan, strange as It may
seem, inherited the Indian features and
complexion of Dr., Logan's half breed
wife who died several years previously.
The first Mrs. Logan was beautiful, a.
those half breed women often are, and
was comparatively fair, much fairer, in
deed, than her daughter, General Logan's
half sister. or than the Generals bali
sister, by and by, living in Carbonate
H., show strongly marked traces Of their
Indian descent, though down to the
fourth generation.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-03-31
THE VERDICT UNANIMOUS.

". ID. Sult, Druggist, Bippus, Ind,
testities: II can recommend Electric
Bitters as the very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in every case.
One man took six bottles, and was cured
of Rheumatism of 10 years standing. >
Abraham Hare, druggist, Bellville,
Ohio. affirms: "Ihe best selling medi.
cine | have ever handled in my 20 years
experience. is Electric Bitters." Thous.
ands of others have added their testi.
mony, so that the verdict is unanimous
that Electric Bitters do cure all diseases
of the Liver, Kidneys or Blood. Only
half dollar bottle at Henry Hinrichs
Drug Store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-03-31

The death of Mr.. Beecher has served
to recall the fact that a good deal of the
worlds work is being done by men over
the age of TO- Conspicuous examples like
the Emperor of Germany, who is 80; Won
Moltke, who is 81; NJ. Grevy, who is rs;
MIR. Gladstone. who is II; and Prince
Bismarck, who is II, naturally strike the
mind first; but were a careful investiga-
,ion to be made IF the ccn2uct of great
enterprises even in our country, just
where youth comes early to the front.
the number of men born before 1916
who are occupying positions OF conspicu,
Gus influence would be found to be sur
prisingly, large. Connecticut possesses
in banker and railroad president one who
has passed his 9th birthday, what we
take to be the oldest specimen of an &C
tive business man in the world.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-03-31
Mrs. CLEvELAND's HANDsHAKING,-

Mrs. CLEVELAND HANDsHAKING.- -
Mrs. Cleveland says that when she has
been shaking hands with people all the
evening, as she does at her receptions,
SHE never feels pain in her right arm.
hut always in her left. She has q mus
cular grasp that is always noticed and
spoken of. She takes hold Of a callers
hard, not with the tips of her fingers, as
some people do, but with a full, firm
palm, and gives it hearty shake. One
would think that she would feel seriou
lameness after 1000 or 1000 in that way
but she never does except in the left arm,
aud she says that Mrs. Fred Grant told
her few weeks ago that Gen. Grant rs
ed to be affected in the same way. He
Away felt lameness and often numb
ness in his left arm, but never in bis
right. Chicago NeaOs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-03-31

A man with San idea," who is going
up and down New York trying to put it
into permanent execution, is ex Congress
man E. Moody Boynton, of Newbury
port, Mass. His project is a single track
railroad to be run by an en- Sine built on
the principle of bicycle. He has
worked the plan out in minute details
and claims to be able to demonstrate its
practibility to the last degree.-New
York Tribune.